The Domaine Nigri of South West

Domaine Nigri - Bearn
The winery offers 12 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
It is ranked in the top 236 of the estates of South West.
It is located in South West

The Domaine Nigri is one of the best wineries to follow in Sud-Ouest.. It offers 12 wines for sale in of South West to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Domaine Nigri wines

Looking for the best Domaine Nigri wines in South West among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Domaine Nigri wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Domaine Nigri wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Domaine Nigri

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Domaine Nigri

How Domaine Nigri wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

Discovering the wine region of South West

The South-West is a large territorial area of France, comprising the administrative regions of Aquitaine, Limousin and Midi-Pyrénées. However, as far as the French wine area is concerned, the South-West region is a little less clear-cut, as it excludes Bordeaux - a wine region so productive that it is de facto an area in its own right. The wines of the South West have a Long and eventful history. The local rivers play a key role, as they were the main trade routes to bring wines from traditional regions such as Cahors, Bergerac, Buzet and Gaillac to their markets.

The last Trading post before the wines left for the lucrative markets of Britain was the wine town and port of Bordeaux. Britain has been a historic trading partner for the region, which was nominally British for a period following the marriage of Eleanor of Aquitaine to Henry II of Britain. However, Bordeaux businessmen saw the wines in transit as competition for their own local products and took strong measures to ensure their financial security. The result is the French wine map we know today, with Bordeaux being promoted and the other wine regions of the South West struggling to gain recognition for the diversity and Character of their wines.

This history also explains why the Bordeaux Grapes Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Sauvignon Blanc are now three of the best-known grape varieties in the world, while traditional South West grapes such as Fer Servadou, Len de l'El and Tannat are relatively unknown.

The top white wines of Domaine Nigri

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Domaine Nigri

How Domaine Nigri wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Domaine Nigri

On the nose the white wine of Domaine Nigri. often reveals types of flavors of peach, honey or earth and sometimes also flavors of tree fruit, citrus fruit or floral.

The best vintages in the white wines of Domaine Nigri

  • 2009With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.97/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.94/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.88/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.87/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.80/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Domaine Nigri.

  • Camaralet de Lasseube
  • Gros Manseng
  • Lauzet
  • Petit Manseng
  • Pinot Meunier

Discover the grape variety: Lauzet

Lauzet is a Béarnese grape variety, part of the AOC of Béarn and Jurançon. This variety almost disappeared at the end of the 1980s. At that time, it only occupied a small cultivated area of 1 hectare in all. With the genetic diversity and the multiple plantings that have been carried out, it was able to reach, in 1994, 4 ha. The bunches and berries of Lauzet are all small. As a Pyrenean variety, it has a median lobe. The plant has a fairly early budburst, which takes place one week after Chasselas. As for its maturity, it is of the third period. This variety is fertile and somewhat vigorous, and is slightly susceptible to grey rot. Lauzet produces a wine of average quality. When it is vinified dry, it has adequate acidity. It gives off aromas of fruit and spices. It is often blended with other Pyrenean white grape varieties.

The top sweet wines of Domaine Nigri

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Domaine Nigri

How Domaine Nigri wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

Organoleptic analysis of sweet wines of Domaine Nigri

On the nose the sweet wine of Domaine Nigri. often reveals types of flavors of tropical, minerality or pear and sometimes also flavors of stone, honey or non oak.

The best vintages in the sweet wines of Domaine Nigri

  • 2017With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.05/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.80/5

The grape varieties most used in the sweet wines of Domaine Nigri.

  • Petit Manseng
  • Gros Manseng

The word of the wine: Destemming

Operation consisting in eliminating the vegetal part of the bunch supporting the berries, its maceration with the must giving a herbaceous taste to the wine.

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Discover the grape variety: Camaralet de Lasseube

The camaralet of Lasseube has its origins in the Pyrenees, in Bearn. It can be called gentil aromatique, petit camarau or moustardet. Its bunches are of medium size but its berries are small. The berries turn golden yellow when they reach maturity. This grape variety has two approved clones since 1998: 1023 and 1024. It occupies a little less than one hectare in France and is often vinified with other grape varieties such as lauzet and gros manseng. Camaralet de Lasseube is matured about twenty days after Chasselas. Its more or less compact and winged bunches are not affected by grey rot until after maturity. Its female flowers often expose this grape variety to significant risks of coulure, which makes it possible to obtain an alcoholic wine that is full-bodied but fine. Depending on the type, the aromas of the camaralet de Lasseube may recall fennel, pepper or cinnamon.

News about Domaine Nigri and wines from the region

Ukraine winery’s mission to deliver bottles to DWWA

Amid the devastation and turmoil since Russia’s invasion on 24 February, Beykush winery on southern Ukraine’s Black Sea Coast has been among those attempting to continue operations as much as possible. Last week, Beykush began transporting thousands of wines to western Ukraine in order to protect them for possible export to other markets, winery director Svetlana Tsybak told Decanter. ‘Yesterday we sent three palettes, about 1,200 bottles, and today the same quantity,’ she said. She also s ...

Bordeaux ‘Act for Change’ symposium

The focus of the symposium, unsurprisingly, was on the challenges posed by climate change. As if to illustrate the immediacy of the threat, the symposium took place during a heatwave, with temperatures of over 40°C  in Bordeaux and extreme weather events recorded across the coountry: parts of southwest France saw violent storms and winds of 112kph on the evening of 20 June, while vineyards across the Médoc and St-Emilion were damaged by hailstones ‘the size of golfballs’. As Olivier Bernard of D ...

Ten years on: Chinese wine’s breakthrough moment at DWWA

The prestige attached to winning at the Decanter World Wine Awards (DWWA) means that being awarded a Bronze medal for some wineries will mean huge celebrations in China, Japan, India, or Thailand. Since the competition began in 2004, I have often reminded judges on my panel about this – whether they are journalists, sommeliers, educators, Masters of Wine or Master Sommeliers. Scroll down for new tasting notes and scores on Jia Bei Lan vintages: from the Chinese wine label that won big at DWWA 20 ...

The word of the wine: Destemming

Operation consisting in eliminating the vegetal part of the bunch supporting the berries, its maceration with the must giving a herbaceous taste to the wine.